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What Does Keith Olbermann Have Against Bald People?

On the defensive this week amid reports that his relationship with Current TV has soured, Keith Olbermann has responded as he usually does: by slinging insults at his critics on Twitter. Reading his tweets, I’ve noticed something funny: Olbermann seems to take particular enjoyment in pointing out his antagonists’ hair loss.

Three times this week, Olbermann has answered unfriendly tweets by accusing the tweeter of baldness (or, in one case, a hairpiece).

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An anomaly? Nope. Witness these earlier exchanges.

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It’s not only on Twitter that Olbermann has treated hair loss, or the attempt to conceal it, as a personal failing worthy of ridicule.

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As one among those who are follically-challenged (only in the back, so far, where neither I nor the TV camera can see it, thank God), I thank you for pointing out the pain Olbermann is collectively causing to me and my brother baldies. It’s a dirty job but someone had to do it!